Traveler for transporting glass



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TRAVELER FOR TRANSPORTING GLASS. No. 430,284. Patented June 17, 1890.

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No. 430,284. PatentedJune 1'7, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE..

RODERICK G. GUPTILL, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

TRAVELER FOR TRANSPORTING GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,284, dated June 17,1890.

Application tiled December 28, 1889- Serial No. 335,289- (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t muy concern:

Beit known that I, RoDERIoK G. GUPTTLL, of Elgin, county of Kane, andState of Illinois, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements inTravelers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like letters and figures refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the construction of travelers for handling potsof molten maieri-al and plate-glass during the process of itsmanufacture; but is adapted for a variety of other purposes, and will beunderstood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of my device ready foroperation, a part of the channel or way being brokenout, showing theposition of the carriage which moves therein. Fig. 2 is an end View ofthe carriage, the channel being in section, and part of the lower partof the telescopic lifting-pipe being broken off, the continuationthereof being shown at one side. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one end ofthe carriage, the cables being shown in position. Fig. at is a detailside view of the gripping device. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the linex fr, Fig. 3, the pulleywheels being left olf.

In detail the device comprises achannel or trough c, constructedpreferably of iron, which is suspended by ears e from horses 7L, whichare fastened to beams above, at suitable distances apart, along the lineit is designed to carry the material. The bottom of this channel ortrough has a central opening or groove its entire length to admit thecentral flange f of the wheel w, which has smooth faces of less diameteron each side of the central flange, which travel upon the bottom of thechannel c on either side of the open groove, through which the ange ofthe Wheel passes. There are two of these iianged wheels-one located inthe rear of the other-mounted in bearings in plates p', bolted to theplate p, which forms the body of the carriage, this plate being cut ontat o to form a seat for such wheels. A pair of moving cables c arecarried through the channel-trough c midway and are supported at eitherend in any convenient manner, and are kept taut while m'oving by anysuitable mechanism.

The arrows indicate the direction ot' their movement. Brackets b,fastened to the sides ot the carriage, provide bearings for smallgrooved wheels w', which travel upon the top ot' the cables, and lowergrooved wheels 'L02 are mounted in bearings in the cross-plates cp, theends of their axles Working in slots SZ in the bracket h to permit theirvertical movement. These Wheels 'L02 bear against the under side of thecables, which thus pass between the two pairs of grooved wheels. and thedirection in which the carriage is moved is determined by themechanismshown in Fig. 4, which consists of the bent arm a, pivoted at l to theplate p, its inner end upturued having a tang ,Which rests in asockets,formed in the cross-bar 2, which rigidly unites the crossplates cp,inwhich thelower grooved wheels are journaled. A rope r2, having a handleIt', is connected to the end of this bent arm, and by pulling on therope the outer end of arm ais brought down ,and its inner end or tang t,bearing in the socket s of the cross-bar 2, will force up suchcross-`bar, and with it the cross-plates cp and the grooved wheel 102,

which it carries, and the cable c will thus be gripped between thisgrooved wheel and the one above it and the carriage will he drawn in thedirection in which the cable is moving. A similar arm and grippingmechanism is connected at the opposite end and side of the carriage, soas to operate on the cable on that side, moving in an oppositedirection. It Will thus be noticed that the carriage may be given aforward or a backward movement at the pleasure of the operator.

The central part ot' the carriage-plate p is supported upon intermediatesplit fiangewheels w3, mounted on axles passing through such plate, andthe central flange of these wheels is split into parts which passthrough the groove or opening in the bottom of the channel c in the samemanner as the anges of the Wheels w.

The plate p is thickened at each end b'y intermediate plates e', andthese pass into a socket formed in the upper end ot the tube t and arebolted through, uniting the parts firmly, as shown in Fig. 5, andthrough these plates thus united passes an axle a', on one end of whichis journaled a large pulley p2 ICO and on its opposite end a smallerpulley 103. Connected to the large pulley p2 is. a rope r, vwhich hasballs at its lower end for handgrips and for securing the rope whenpulled down in the fork y, connected at the lower end of thetube-section t2. By pulling on the rope fr the pulley p2 is revolved,and with it the inner smaller pulley p3. Connected with this and woundabout its drum is a rope r', which is connected at .c to the lower endof the lower telescopic tube-section t3, so that by the winding of therope r in pulley p3 the lower tube-section is drawn up into the upperone, lifting anything that may be connected at the lower end of thelower tube-section. The lower oneof these tubes has a screw S moving ina slot in the upper and larger section forlocking the slide at anydesired point. At the lower end of the tube-section lf2 aregrappling-hooks g for hooking onto the load to'be carried. In Fig. 1they are shown as grappling the arms a of the pot-lifting frame, the potbeing shown carried in a ring in the center. Z is a lever mechanismconnected therewith for releasing the pot, hw being hand-wheels fastenedat the ends of the arm a for tipping the pot when it is desired topour-the contents out upon the casting-table ct, which is shown directlybelow and in proper relative position.

When the grapples g have been hooked onto the load, the operator takinghold of the rod r2 pulls down the curved arm a on gripping the cablemoving inthe direction desired, and the load is easily and readilytransferred to the proper point, and when it has reached its destinationby loosening the pull upon the rope the carriage comes to a rest.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isthe following:

l. A traveler comprising a trough, one or more cables'passing throughit, the bottom of the trough having a central open slit or groove, acarriage movable in such trough supported 011 truck-wheels havingcentral anges that passv through or into the slit or groove in thetroughbottom, such carriage provided with grooved Wheels gripping suchcables, a grappling mechanism connected to and carried by such carriage,and means for elevating and lowering the same and for moving thecarriage in either direction, all combined substantially as described.

2. A traveler comprising a trough or hollow way, cables stretchedthrough the same and moving therein, a carriage supported ontruck-wheels having iianges that pass through an open groove in thetrough-bottom, such carriage having pairs of grooved Wheels on eachside, the upper ones bearing upon and the lower ones beneath suchcables, and a telescopic lifting-frame connected to such carriage andmovable with it, in combination with means for raising the lower part ofsuch frame and for gripping the cables, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a traveler, the hollow channel-way or trough c, having an opengroove in its bottom, the cables c', stretched and movable therein, anda carriage mounted on truckwheels w, having central fianges f, passingthrough the open groove in the trough, and having grooved wheels aboveand below such cables, the lower ones adjustable vertically for grippingthe cables between such upper and lower grooved wheels, all combinedsubstantially as described.

4. In a traveler, a telescopic lifting-frame comprising thetube-sections tt', having grapple-hooks g for seizing the load, withmeans for lifting the lower tube-section, in combination with andconnected to a movable carriage provided with grip-wheels w 102 andmoving cables, and means for locking the grip-wheels of the carriage tothe cables, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a traveler, a channel-way or trough suspended from aboveand havingan open slit or central groove formed in the bottom, a carriage movabletherein mounted on truckwheels having a central flange entering the slitor groove, the face of the wheels on each side ot' the fiange bearingdirectly upon the trough-bottom on each side of the slitl or groove,such carriage further provided with grip-wheels running upon cablesstretched through the channel or trough, a lifting mechanism connectedto such carriage and movable with it, and means, substantially as shown,for raising and lowering the load and propelling the carriage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day ofNovember, 1889.

RODERICK G. GUPTILL.

Vtfitnesses:

' C. P. JACOBS,

E. B. GRIFFITH.

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